I don't like the look of that mole on your arm: For one thing, it's awfully big for a mole. For another, it just ate a bug off your elbow. (Berlin Zoo.)

I don't like the look of that mole on your arm: For one thing, it's awfully big for a mole. For another, it just ate a bug off your elbow. (Berlin Zoo.)

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'Tropical Spring': A protester holding a placard that reads "We want a cure for hunger" stands by a homeless woman in Recife, Brazil. The nationwide demonstrations against corruption and price hikes are now being called "Tropical Spring." less

'Tropical Spring': A protester holding a placard that reads "We want a cure for hunger" stands by a homeless woman in Recife, Brazil. The nationwide demonstrations against corruption and price hikes are now ... more

R.I.P, James Gandolfini: Flowers and a copy of the Newark Star-Ledger lie on the table of the booth where the final scene of the final episode of the "The Sopranos" was filmed at Holsten's restaurant in Bloomfield, N.J. less

R.I.P, James Gandolfini: Flowers and a copy of the Newark Star-Ledger lie on the table of the booth where the final scene of the final episode of the "The Sopranos" was filmed at Holsten's restaurant in ... more

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Not tonight, Horst, I have a headache: Nothing spoils romance like herring breath. (Munich Zoo.)

Not tonight, Horst, I have a headache: Nothing spoils romance like herring breath. (Munich Zoo.)

Photo: Christof Stache, AFP/Getty Images

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Eskimo kiss! Mother and baby sea lions rub noses in their enclosure at the Munich Zoo.

Eskimo kiss! Mother and baby sea lions rub noses in their enclosure at the Munich Zoo.

Moby trick: A 55-foot-long sperm whale lies on the bank of the River Thames in London, which would be of great interest to marine biologists if in fact it were an actual cetacean. But it's just a life-size model made by Belgian artists known as Captain Boomer for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival. less

Moby trick: A 55-foot-long sperm whale lies on the bank of the River Thames in London, which would be of great interest to marine biologists if in fact it were an actual cetacean. But it's just a life-size ... more

Ground to bits: A heavy equipment roller crushes five tons of elephant tusks at a ceremony at a wildlife bureau compound in Manila. The Philippines is trying to shed its image as one of the world's worst hotspots for illegal African ivory trading. less

Ground to bits: A heavy equipment roller crushes five tons of elephant tusks at a ceremony at a wildlife bureau compound in Manila. The Philippines is trying to shed its image as one of the world's worst ... more

Long rope to the rescue: With a great tug, villagers free a horse that had become trapped in the current of the monsoon-flooded Mandakini River at Gauri Kund, India's Uttarakhand state.

Long rope to the rescue: With a great tug, villagers free a horse that had become trapped in the current of the monsoon-flooded Mandakini River at Gauri Kund, India's Uttarakhand state.

Photo: Uncredited, Associated Press

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Four-wheel fail: Kevan Yaets swims after his cat, Momo, after high water swamped his truck in High River, Alberta. Fortunately, both Yaets and Momo managed to reach shore safely with a little help from two men who jumped in the water to assist them. less

Four-wheel fail: Kevan Yaets swims after his cat, Momo, after high water swamped his truck in High River, Alberta. Fortunately, both Yaets and Momo managed to reach shore safely with a little help from two men ... more

Happy New Year! Indigenous Aymaras greet the sunrise during ritual celebrating the new year at the Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia. The winter solstice marks the beginning of the 5521st year in the Aymara calendar.

Happy New Year! Indigenous Aymaras greet the sunrise during ritual celebrating the new year at the Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia. The winter solstice marks the beginning of the 5521st year in the Aymara calendar.